Today in Monday Mysteries we get introduced to the “guy on a hill ” that I passed by every day in Reykjavik. Continue reading
Monday Mysteries: The guy on the hill in Reykjavik
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Food on Fridays: Circular and fried, by any other (Italian) name
Today on Food on Fridays we’re back to basics with an oft-recurring theme: doughnuts. Continue reading
Scene on the streets of Venice
Well, by “streets” of Venice I mean canals, of course, which means that any scene on a street there involves water, and usually some type of a boat or two. Continue reading
Geysers gushing near Geysir
Although I’ve seen Old Faithful in Yellowstone, I didn’t know much about geysers. Until we went to Iceland in May, I didn’t know that the English word”geyser” comes from the name, Geysir, of a giant geyser in Iceland. “Geysir” as a name comes from the Icelandic word meaning “to gush”. Continue reading
Random ramblings
Today I’d like to share a couple of random things that don’t tie together for any kind of regular post, since they aren’t related to anything in particular. All of the following facts and photos all came out of random rambles, both virtual and real. Continue reading
World Cup 2014: A Date with Destiny
Although it’s Monday there’s no mystery today about what the topic has to be: Germany won the World Cup last night! Continue reading
Food on Fridays: Danish in the Darkroom
Food on Fridays takes a look at a food Chris and I figured had to try on a recent layover at the airport in Copenhagen: Danish. Continue reading
The Innovators
Tonight was my latest lecture about 20th Century American Women Photographers (3rd in a series), and I was been busy putting the finishing touches on it today, so I never got around to a proper blog post. Continue reading
Scene from the 28th floor
In Baltimore we stayed at a swanky high-rise hotel on the Inner Harbour. Continue reading
Once the strings stopped coming down
Our weather recently here in Tübingen has been really bizarre. Last night we had a storm that lasted for hours, starting around 10pm. The thunder wasn’t really thunder – it was more like a plane flying overhead had just stalled there and was endlessly rumbling and rolling. There were light flashes all over sky, just continuing one after the other. Continue reading